Brush.



O. MILLER.

BRUSH.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 15, 1909.

957,078. Patented May 3, 1910.

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BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Application filed May 15, 1909. Serial No. 496,168.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, om MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America residcleaning}.

be readily-cleaned, means bein ing'at Rochester, in the county of onroe and State of New York, have invented new and useful Imp ovements in Brushes, of which the followin is a specification.

j This invention re ates to brushes, and one .of the principal objects of the same is to provide a brush in which the bristles are secured to removable tubes which can be readily Withdrawn from the brush for Anot er objectof the invention is to provide ahair brush in which the bristles can 0 provided fortholdin the bristles in the brush back and a late bein provided at the end of the brush for hol in the bristles in place. These andv other 0 jects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hair a brush made in accordance with my invention. Fig.2 is a longitudinal section of the same on an enlar ed scale. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional vlew of the brush. Fig. 4 is a detail ers ective view of one end of one of the tu es or holding the bristles in place. Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the brush back provided with a series of longitudinal bores or grooves 2, and intersecting each of said grooves at one end is a in 3 extendin through the brush back an spannin said groove. The bristles 4, preferably 1n tufts are bent around a wire 5 and inclosed within a sheet metal tube 6 havin a slot 7 therein through which the bristles 4 extend. The tube 6 slides within the bore or groove 2, and the bristles extend throu h the slot 7 and through a slot inthe ack I of the brush, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2. To hold the tubes 6 against rotation a recess or slot 8 is formed in the end of each tube toengage the pin 3 extending through the back and through the bore or groove 2. To hold the outer ends of the tubes 6 a suitable latch 9 is pivoted at 10 to the outer end of the brush, said latch havin a hooked end 11 adapted to engage astud 12 to hold the latch in osition to secure all the tubes 6 in lace. ,VBhen it is desired to clean the bristles the latch 9 is disconnected from the stud 12 and swung downwardly, after which the tubes 6, together with the wires 5 and the bristles 4, are removed from the brush and cleaned, and they may then be replaced and the latch 9 swung back and engaged with the stud 12.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a brush made in accordance with m invention is sim le in construction; t at the bristles can e quickly withdrawn from the brush and replaced after cleaning; that the cost of manufacture is but slight, and that the efliciency of the brush is not interfered with.

I claim The herein described brush com rising a back having a series of longitudina ooves therein, said rooves bein provide with openings whidh extend through the under surface of the back, lon itudinal wires having bristles connected thereto, tubes for inclosing said wires, said tubes with the inclosed wires being secured in said grooves, said tubes each havin a recess at one end, a fastener, extending t rough the back and into said recess for preventin the rotation of said tubes, and a latch pivoted to the outer end of the brush back for preventing the longitudinal movement of said tubes and for permitting the latter to be removed with the bristles.

. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL MILLER.

Witnesses JOHN MCCARTHY,

FRED A. BOLDT. 

